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With the permission of his second, Councilor Rayor withdrew his motion. The main motion passed, 6:1, with Councilor Bettman voting in opposition. VI.ACTION: An Ordinance Concerning Parking Requirements and Amending Sections 9.015, 9.585, and 9.586 of the Eugene Code, 1971. Councilor Nathanson acknowledged that she did work for the University of Oregon, but said that she did not have a conflict of interest regarding the agenda item. She said that she had checked with legal counsel and there was no legal conflict of interest. Regarding her personal feelings, Councilor Nathanson said that she worked for the ©RBIS Library Consortium which had a separate governing body from the University. She stressed that there was no way for her to gain or lose by expressing opinions on the topic. Councilor Kelly suggested that five to ten minutes of discussion on the item before any motions were made would be fruitful. He commented that he disagreed with some of the positions that WISTEC, City staff, the University of Oregon, and the East Alton Baker Park Citizen Planning Committee had taken. He stressed the importance of looking at the big picture. He said that there had been progress made since the council had gotten involved in September but noted that significant progress had only been made in the previous 7-10 days. He suggested that the best course of action might be to delay action until the first Monday meeting in January. He said that he would rather not vote up or down on a specific option since he had goals in mind that did not fit with those options. Councilor Meisner raised concern over the way Option 5 was presented to the council. He called for a general summary of Option 5. City Manager Johnson said that Option 5 (the West Alton-Baker Park Development Plan) proposed a new parking lot just east of the WISTEC building. He said that Option 5 involved building an transit station at that location, using for passengers in the same way that the asphalt parking lot would have been used, and still constructing the transit station along Leo Harris Parkway in the same way that it would have been constructed near the asphalt parking lot. City Manager Johnson said that the second part of the option would be to work with the University of Oregon to place the parking on lots 8 and 9, in the East Alton Baker Park area, behind the existing WISTEC building, thereby releasing lots 8 and 9 for park uses. City Manager Johnson noted that the Alton Baker Park Master Plan would need amendments in a number of areas for the option to be possible. He said that Option 5 presented a number of advantages to the University in that the transit station would be located closer to Autzen Stadium and the hope was that the closer the transit station was to the stadium, the greater the number of game attendees would use it. He added that lots 8 and 9 would be returned to East Alton Baker Park the most quickly with that option. City Manager Johnson said there were also some down sides to the option. He cited councilor resistance to parking on the grassy area behind WISTEC as an example. In response to a question from Councilor Meisner as to how the option would solve WISTEC's revenue problems, City Manager Johnson said that WISTEC's revenue would come from the parking on the asphalt lot. MINUTES--Eugene City Council December 11, 2000 Page 13 Regular Meeting